Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
www.theguardian.com
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5514·
    4 hours ago

    “little Greta”

    …ew. Who talks about an adult woman like that in the news?!

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      342·
      3 hours ago

      I mean, to anyone past their 20’s Greta is still basically a child. She’s only 22, and there’s a reason adults call them “college kids”.

      I work with a bunch of people in their early 20’s, and 100% think of them as children. Sure they can vote, and maybe they’re old enough to drink. But they’re definitely not mature.

    • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      396·
      3 hours ago

      Will you morons stop nitpicking this? Contextually, for an older person, she’s still a child. Big whoop.

      She was beaten and you daft imbeciles are outraged over the use of words.

      You wonder why you get no progress? Because you’re a bucket of crabs nitpicking anything that isn’t perfect because that’s easier than actually doing something.

        • ᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.socialEnglish
          96·
          2 hours ago

          When you hit 40, you’ll definitely understand how young 22 still is.

          I’m in my mid 30’s. Fuck off with all your smug “you’ll understand when you’re older” bullshit.

          • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
            72·
            1 hour ago

            Yo hold on, let’s be respectful to each other, this isn’t Reddit. Let’s have a nicer community here. That’s why we all came here in the first place.

        • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
          56·
          2 hours ago

          When you hit 40 you should goddamned know calling an adult ‘little’ is fucking disrespectful regardless of how old you happen to be or your outlook on how infantile younger people are.

          • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
            72·
            2 hours ago

            Yes I’m sure while Palestinian children starve to death Greta is over there fuming about being called “little” by fellow activists

            • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              1 hour ago

              There will always be bigger issues, the world is imperfect. This doesn’t mean any other smaller issue is somehow not valid or disqualified. Multiple issues exist and can be addressed at the same time.

          • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 hour ago

            She’s 4’10½"… She’s very small. Little is an adjective used to describe someone who is small. And it’s contextual here because you don’t really need to drag someone so little (…) off by their hair. You can just pretty much pick her up.